Category: Estate Records

North Yorkshire Archive Treasures: Art in the archive

This post features a selection of artwork from the 18th-and 19th-century sketchbooks of two talented, amateur artists that are held in the Archives. Thomas Orde (1746-1807) drew portraits and cartoons of friends, family and society ladies. Henrietta Matilda Crompton (1793-1881) sketched and painted the local landscape on her visits to the country estates of family and friends, and on excursions around Yorkshire and further afield.… Read More North Yorkshire Archive Treasures: Art in the archive

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North Yorkshire Archive Treasures: documents of the royal Chancery – charters, letters patent and letters close

This blog post explores and illustrates documents issued from the royal Chancery held by North Yorkshire Archives. Documents issued from the Chancery, under the Great Seal of England, can generally be categorised into charters, letters patent, and letters close.… Read More North Yorkshire Archive Treasures: documents of the royal Chancery – charters, letters patent and letters close

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North Yorkshire Archive Treasures: pedigrees and grants of arms

North Yorkshire Archives holds large collections of the estate and private records of some of the most significant and influential families in the United Kingdom. Many of these families are ancient and can trace their lineage to the medieval period. This post looks at a selection of pedigrees, large documents which record genealogy, as well as examples of the highly decorative grants of arms, which confer the right of a family to bear a particular coat of arms under the authority of the Sovereign. … Read More North Yorkshire Archive Treasures: pedigrees and grants of arms

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North Yorkshire Archives on The Yorkshire Vet: At Home with the Greens

Earlier this year, farmer Jean Green, along with vet Peter Wright, came to visit the Archives to explore the history of Stoneybrough Farm, near Thirsk. This was filmed for the first episode of Season 2 of The Yorkshire Vet: At Home with the Greens. Find out more in this blog about the types of archive records they used.

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